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Fourth fee ascent of The Nose 8-Nov-2014 At 8:43:54 AM Drake

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It's complicated and depends on how you define a free ascent. Do you have to climb each pitch free, or do you have to lead each pitch free?

If it's the former, the number is now five. (Lynn HIll, Scott Burke, Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, and now Jorg Verhoeven).

If it's the latter, the number is now three (Lynn Hill for her second ascent of the route (in a day), TC for his second ascent of the route i(n a day), and now Jorg). Scott and Beth would get excluded because they followed some pitches, including at least one of the crux pitches, as would Lynn's historic first ascent because she swung leads on the easier pitches. I think this is silly. Team free is an established and respected free climbing style.

http://themountainworld.blogspot.de/2005/10/caldwell-on-burke.html

http://climbingnarc.com/2014/11/jorg-verhoeven-frees-the-nose/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimbingNarc+%28ClimbingNarc.com%29&akregatorPreviewMode=true#fn-23840-4